I have only had this laptop for a few hours, but so far, everything is exactly as advertised. A Ryzen 7 2700U, 8 Gb of memory, an IPS display running at 1920x1080 along with 256 Mb M.2 SSD. I was originally looking at an Intel I5-8250 laptop and found this instead. Many of the CPU comparison sites show the Ryzen 7 2700U almost equal on single threaded tests and better than the Intel processor on multi-threaded tests. Needless to say, the integrated Vega graphics on the Ryzen totally blow away any and all Intel integrated graphics solutions. I am not a gamer, but wanted as much processing power with graphics capability as possible and I believe this laptop / CPU combination fits the bill nicely. I feel the $700 price tag is well worth the performance. My only real concern is the battery life, but I am not usually running on battery alone for very long anyway, so the estimated 5-6 hours should be more than enough for me.
CORRECTION: This is a TN panel, not an IPS panel
Acer Aspire 3 A315-41-R9J1, 15.6" Full HD, AMD Ryzen 7 2700U, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 Home, Black
| Standing screen display size | 15.6 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 Pixels |
| Processor | 3.8 GHz |
| RAM | 8 GB DDR4 |
| Memory Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| Hard Drive | SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce MX150 |
| Chipset Brand | AMD |
| Card Description | Integrated, Dedicated |
| Wireless Type | 802.11ac |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 1 |
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 6 Hours |
